Egypt: now what? - in pictures

Dr ­Nawal El Saadawi, 80, ­women’s rights ­advocate, ­psychiatrist, author, former political prisoner and founder of the Arab Women’s ­Solidarity ­Association
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Neama El Sayed, 26, widow of a protester killed by security forces in Tahrir Square, with her children Sama, two, and Yassin, six months
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Ramy Essam, 23, ­became known as The Singer Of The Square. He was detained and tortured after Mubarak fell, and has since ­written an album based on his experiences
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Sondos Shabayek, 25, writes for independent Egyptian newspapers and ­magazines; she tweeted the story of the protests
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Wael Ghonim, 30, ran a We Are All ­Khaled Said ­Facebook page ­after the 28-year-old ­Alexandrian’s ­killing by police in June 2010 – he is pictured with ­Khaled’s mother, Laila, who ­became known as the Mother of Egypt
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Sarrah Abdel Rahman, 23, an activist who posted on YouTube Sarrahsworld ­reports from Tahrir Square
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Labour rights ­activists Kamal Abass, 57 (far left), and Kamal Aby Eita, 58, with Khaled Ali, 40, a leading ­human rights lawyer
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Ahmed Seif Al Islam, 60, lawyer and former ­political ­prisoner, is the founder of the Hisham Mubarak Law Centre, which monitored state violence – he was arrested at the height of the protests
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From left: Mahmoud Salim, 29, who blogs as Sand­monkey; Mona Seif, 25, blogger, activist and daughter of Ahmed Seif (previous portrait); Gigi Ibrahim, 24, blogger and ­journalist; Hossam El-Hamalawy, 33, labour rights advocate, blogger and journalist
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Author Alaa Al Aswany is a columnist and founder of the opposition movement Kefaya (Enough)
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Unity organisers Moaz Abd El-Kareem (left), 29, and Mohammed Abbas, 26, from the Muslim Brotherhood’s youth wing, and Sally Moore, 33, a Coptic Christian youth leader – Abbas and Moore drafted a “birth certificate of a free Egypt” after Mubarak’s resignation
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